Five panel carton with openings in the two front walls



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\ l II- H P 225 in. s r A I ll I l I l l I I United States Patent s 25152s FIVE PANEL (:ARTofs wrrn OPENINGS IN THE TWO FRoNT WALLS Francis A.Cillutfo, Elmhurst, N.Y., assignor to Conti-.

nental Can Company, Inc., New York, N.Y., a corporation of New YorkFiled Sept. 27, 1963, Ser. No. 312,162 6 Claims. I (Cl. 2298) Thisinvention relates in general to new and useful improvements in cartonconstructions, and more particularly to a novel carton which is soconstructed whereby there is an illusion as to depth of the wallsthereof and at the same time an ornamental effect is provided.

A primary object of this invention is to provide a customary four panelcarton body with a fifth panel which is disposed inwardly of in spacedrelation to the customary primary or front panel of the carton andwherein the fifth panel is secured in place by means'of flaps formedintegrally therewith and secured to panels disposed along the oppositeedges of the primary panel.

Another object of this invention is to provide a customary four panelcarton construction with an additional panel which is spaced rearwardlyof the front or primary panel, the additional panel being carried by theusual body securing flap and having a second flap se-' cured thereto andattached to another panel of the carton.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a customary fourpanel carton a fifth panel, the fifth panel having secured to theopposite edges thereof a pair of flaps, and the flaps being secured topanels of the carton body disposed at the opposite edges of the primarypanel.

Another object of this invention is to provide in a four panel carton afifth panel disposed inwardly of a front panel of the carton in slightlyspaced relation thereto, the front panel and the fifth panel each havinga decorative of openings therein and the openings in the two panelsbeing cooperative to both give the illusion of depth of the carton andto provide. for an ornamental type'of display.

Another object of this invention is to provide in a carton a secondarywall spaced rearwardly of a front wall of the carton, the two cartonwalls having openings therein arranged in transverse rows andlongitudinal lines, the openings in the transverse rows of the two wallsbeing offset along the rows so that there is an overlapping of theopenings and an added ornamental appearance results therefrom.

Still another object of this invention is to provide a carton inaccordance with the foregoing wherein the setback secondary wall withrespect to the front wall is equal to one half of the spacing betweenopenings along the rows and the offsetting of the openings in the rowsof one of the walls also being equal to one half of the spacing of therows whereby when the carton is in a fiat state, the openings will be inalignment.

Yet another object of this invention is to provide in a carton blank anadded wall panel which is integrally connected to the usual carton wallpanelsecuring flap, a fifth wall panel, and there being carried by thefifth Wall panel a second flap, wherein the two flaps may be utilizedfor the purpose of inwardy spacing the fifth wall panel in a carton. a

With the above and other objects in view that will hereinafter appear,the nature of the invention will be more clearly understood by referenceto the following detailed description, the appended claims and theseveral views illustrated in the accompanying drawings:

In the drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a plan view of a blank for a carton in accordance with thisinvention.

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FIGURE 2 is a rear perspective view of the carton after the blank hasremote portions thereof secured together and prior to the completesetting up of the carton.

FIGURE 3 is a front perspective view of the completed carton as it wouldappear when laying on its back wall.

FIGURE 4 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on a large scaletaken along the line 44 of FIGURE 3 and shows more specifically thedetails of the carton construction, a container being shown within thecarton by phantom lines. I

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken generally alongthe line 55 of FIGURE 3 and shows the transverse cross section of thecarton.

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary longitudinal sectional view takenalong the line 66 of FIGURE 3 and shows other construction details ofthe carton.

FIGURE 7 is a fragmentary transverse vertical sectional view showing thecross section of the carton after it has been folded to its set upposition of FIGURE 5 and shows the openings in the primary wall and thesecondary wall disposed in alignment.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, it will be seen that there isillustrated in FIGURE 3 a carton formed in accordance with thisinvention, the carton being' generally referred to by'the numeral 10.carton 10 is formed from a blank 11 which is best shown in FIGURE 11.

The blank'll includes a central blank portion, generally referred to bythe numeral 12, which is of a r'ectangular outline. The central blankportion 12 is provided with a plurality of fold lines which divide thecen tral portion 12 into a plurality of wall panels and flags. Thesefold lines include a fold line 13 which sets off a terminal wall panel14. A fold line 15 cooperates with the fold line 13 to set off a rearwall panel 16. A fold line 17 cooperates with the fold line16-to set offa third wall panel 18. The blank central portion 12 includes a fold line19 which cooperates with the fold line 17 to set off a primary or frontwall panel 20. A fold line 21 is more closely spaced to the fold line 19than the other fold lines and the fold lines 19 and 21 set off a flap22. A further fold line 23 sets off a terminal flap 39. The fold lines21 and 23 combine to define a secondary or fifth wall panel 24.

The front wall panel 20 is provided with a plurality of openings. 25.The openings 25 are arranged in rows which extend transversely of thefront wall panel 20 and in lines which extend longitudinally of thefront wall panel 20. The fifth wall panel 24 is provided with circularopenings 26 which are also disposed in transverse rows in longitudinallines. It is to be noted, however, that the openings 26 are offset alongthe rows with respect to the openings 25 equal to the one half of thespacing ofv the openings. Thus each row of openings of the secondarywall panel 24 includes two full size openings 26 and two half sizeopenings 27. This opening arrangement occurs, of course, only when thereare three openings 25 in each row. The number of openings in a row maybe varied, if desired.

In order that the openings 25 and 26 may be aligned when the carton 10is in its flat folded condition, the flap 22 is of a width wherein thesecondary wall panel 24 is spaced from the primary wall panel 20 adistance equal to one half the spacing of the openings 25 and 26.

The edges of the central blank portion 12 are in part defined by a pairof longitudinal fold lines 28. The fold lines 28 connect to the oppositeends of the wall panels 14, 16 and 18 end closure flaps 29, 30 and 31,respectively. The end closure flap 30 at each end of the rear wall panel16 is separated from the flaps 29 and 31 by means of cut The lines 32and 33 which are extensions of the fold lines 13 and 15, respectively.

The carton blank 11 also includes a pair of end panels 34 which arehingedly connected along the fold lines 28 to the front wall panel 20.The end panels 34 are separated from the flaps 31 by cut lines 35 whichare aligned with the fold lines 17.

It is to be noted that the inner surface of the carton blank 11 isprovided with coatings 36 and 37 of adhesive which are formed on theinner surface of the carton blank 11. The adhesive layers are disposedalong remote edges of the wall panels 14 and 18 and are positioned forthe purpose of securing the flap 21 to the wall panel 14 and the flap 39to the wall panel 18.

In the forming of the carton 10, the carton blank 11 is folded until theflap 22 is wrapped around to a position wherein it opposes the innersurface of the wall panel 18 is overlying relation to the adhesivecoating 37.

Then the carton blank is still further folded around until the flap 39is secured to the inner surface of the end panel 14 by means of adhesive36. The secondary wall 24 is now disposed inwardly of the primary panelin aligned spaced relation thereto.

It will be seen that when the secondary panel 24 is brought intoface-to-face contact with the primary panel 20, the openings 25 and 26are in alignment. This is best shown in FIGURE 7. However, when thecarton is set up from its fiat state of FIGURE 7, while the openings 25and 26 were initially aligned in the flat state of the carton, theopenings 25 will transversely shift with respect to the openings 26 andthe two sets of openings will result in an ornamental appearance whichalso gives an illusion of wall depth of the carton.

In forming the carton it), as shown in FIGURES 3, 4 and 5, after thecarton body has been brought to its generally rectangular position, theflaps and end panel at one end of the carton body are folded to thepositions shown in FIGURES 4 and 6 to define a carton bottom. Acontainer, such as the container 40, is'then placed within the carton 10after which the end flaps and end panel at the upper end of the cartonare closed in the same manner.

It will be seen that advantageous use has been made of the existence ofthe flap 22 to utilize the same not only for the purpose of spacing thesecondary panel 24 inwardly of the primary panel 20, but to also securetogether remote portions of the primary panel 20 and the wall panel 14.

'Although only a preferred embodiment of the invention has beenspecifically illustrated and described herein, it is to be understoodthat minor variations may be made in the carton construction within thespirit and scope of this invention, as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a carton construction, a carton body having a primary walldefining an outer surface portion of said body, a pair of adjacent wallsalong opposite edges of said primary wall, a secondary wall spacedinwardly of said primary wall and defining an inner surface portion ofsaid body, said primary and secondary walls having cooperative means forproviding an illusion of container body wall depth, said cooperativemeans including a plurality of rows of openings in said primary andsecondary walls, the rows of openings in said primary wall extending ina first direction, the rows of openings in said secondary wall extendingin a second direction identical to the first direction, and a planepassing through the axes of the openings in each row of openings in saidprimary wall being transversely offset from a plane passing through theaxes of the openings in each row of openings in said secondary wall.

2. In a carton construction, a carton body having a primary walldefining an outer surface portion of said body, a pair of adjacent wallsalong opposite edges of said primary wall, a secondary wall spacedinwardly of said body from said primary wall and defining an innersurface portion of said body, said primary and secondary walls havingcooperative means for providing an illusion of container body walldepth, said cooperative means in' eluding a plurality of rows ofopenings in said primary and secondary walls, the rows of openings insaid primary wall extending in a first direction, the rows of openingsin said secondary wall extending in a second direction identical to thefirst direction, and a plane passing through the axes of the openingsineach row of openings in said primary wall being transversely offsetfrom a plane passing through the axes of the openings in each row ofopenings in the secondary wall, and planes normal to said firstmentioned planes passing through the axes of openings in both saidprimary and secondary walls.

3. The carton construction of claim 1 including another wall betweensaid pair of adjacent walls in spaced relationship to said secondarywall, said another wall, pair of adjacent walls and secondary walldefining an article receiving compartment, and an article completelyhoused in said compartment.

4. The carton construction of claim 2 including another wall betweensaid pair of adjacent walls in spaced relationship to said secondarywall, said another wall, pair of adjacent walls and secondary Walldefining an article receiving compartment, and an article completelyhoused in said compartment.

5. In a carton construction, a carton body having a primary walldefining an outer surface portion of said body, a pair of adjacent wallsalong opposite edges of said primary wall, a secondary wall, spacedinwardly of saidbody from said primary wall and defining an innersurface portion of said body, said primary and secondary walls havingcooperative means for providing an illusion of container body walldepth, said cooperative means including a plurality of rows of openingsin said primary and secondary walls, the rows of openings in saidprimary wall extending in a first direction, the rows of openings insaid secondary wall extending in a second direction identical to thefirst direction, a plan passing through the axes of the openings in eachrow of openings in said primary Wall being transversely offset from aplane passing through the axes of the openings in each row of openingsin said secondary wall whereby said primary and secondary rows ofopenings are transversely offset from each other, and the transverseoffsetting of the openings in one of said primary and secondary wallsrelative to the openings in the other of said primary and secondarywalls corresponding to a distance equal to one-half of the spacingbetween the axes of the openings in adjacent rows of the plurality ofrows.

6. The carton construction of claim 5 including another wall betweensaid pair of adjacent walls in spaced relationship to said secondarywall, said another wall, pair of adjacent walls and secondary walldefining an article receiving compartment, and an article completelyhoused in said compartment.

. References Cited by the Examiner v UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 100,4027/1936 Wagner 58-4 1,049,228 12/1912 Hammond 229 27 1,296,158 3/1919Bonham 206- 45.19 1,898,231 2/1933 Weiss 229-27 2,643,811 -6/l953'Bolding 229 27 2,784,839 3/1957 Omer 229-29 FOREIGN PATENTS 503,6917/1930 Germany.

JOSEPH R. LECLAIR, Primary Examiner.

FRANKLIN T. GARRETT, Examiner. I V. A. TOMPSON, R. PESHOCK, AssistantExaminers.

1. IN A CARTON CONSTRUCTION, A CARTON BODY HAVING A PRIMARY WALLDEFINING AN OUTER SURFACE PORTION OF SAID BODY, A PAIR OF ADJACENT WALLSALONG OPPOSITE EDGES OF SAID PRIMARY WALL, A SECONDARY WALL SPACEDINWARDLY OF SAID PRIMARY WALL AND DEFINING AN INNER SURFACE PORTION OFSAID BODY, SAID PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WALLS HAVING COOPERATIVE MEANS FORPROVIDING AN ILLUSION OF CONTAINER BODY WALLK DEPTH, SAID COOPERATIVEMEANS INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ROWS OF OPENINGS OF SAID PRIMARY ANDSECONDARY WALLS, THE ROWS OF OPENINGS IN SAID PRIMARY WALL EXTENDING INA FIRST DIRECTION, THE ROWS OF OPENINGS IN SAID SEC-